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Harding: A New Image

PORTLAND, Oregon -- Flanked by professional wrestlers of various shapes and sizes, figure skater Tonya Harding has made a bizarre return to the public spotlight. She said almost nothing before what was billed Monday as a news conference "greeting" a group of wrestlers from Mexico degenerated into a show of shouting and shoving. Harding has a contract to attend a Wednesday night wrestling extravaganza in Vancouver, Washington, where she will be "celebrity manager" for Art Barr, who wrestles under the name "American Love Machine." She has kept a low profile since pleading guilty to hindering prosecution in the Jan. 6 attack on skater Nancy Kerrigan. But she has hired an agent and is exploring show-business opportunities.

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